this relationship is toxic!

[susandennis]

My friend, John, had the strangest predilection for bimbos.  He was a sharp, smart guy.  Tall, handsome with this wonderful voice.  He ooozed confidence and charm.  And, without fail, every girlfriend of his that I ever met was as sweet and as pretty and as smart as my cat, Betty. 

He'd carry on with the Her-du-Jour for a while.  Sometimes months.  Sometimes weeks.  Then he'd call or come by and with a sigh announce 'this relationship is toxic'!  Then he'd move on to the next one.  It always cracked me up.  Always.  I do miss him. 

But I heard his voice this morning in my head when I realized that my cellphone had turned itself off again... so I missed a dinner invitation last night.

I hate this cellphone.  I hate that the simple plan I want is not available in a simple phone that is small and does not have 589 features I do not want, do not pay for, do not use, but yet they make the phone nearly impossible to use.  BLECH!  I have been a loyal Sprint customer for a lotta years but when this next contract is up, they have better have some better plans, some better phones or I'm going to dive into the dating pool.  Naked.

Comments

[howeird]

Poor John, suffering through a string of women most guys would stand in line for. My heart goes out to him. ;-)

And you shouldn't insult Betty like that. She has claws.

My longest-time platonic female friend has a worse problem. She keeps finding these Perfect Men, but after a few weeks finds out they are drunks. She's a 15-year member of AA, but these are guys she is meeting elsewhere.

[susandennis]

That's what I love about LJ and my LJ friends. Just when you get all warm and cozy in your reality, here comes a good buddy with a keen sense of the obvious when viewed from the other side of the coin. :)

And Betty says thank you - she'd type it herself but those claws slide around on the keyboard...

And... I guess I am grateful that my suckiest relationship is with my cellphone and getting out of that is only $. Thanks for the perspective.

[sea-weed.livejournal.com]

Reading the 2005 entry about John really confused me, as I live in Newport Beach and the neighbour I recently found was also called John. I like his saying about toxic relationships, I have a few of those!

[susandennis]

Oh, sorry. I guess that would be confusing. You had no backstory!

John was a great friend that I worked with at various IBM locations and we also traveled together and spent many holidays and stuff together over many years. platonic. Two years ago, he retired and moved to Newport Beach CALIFORNIA and shortly thereafter died from a previously undiscovered genetic disorder.

(And, by the way, he spent more than two years trying to decide between Newport Beach, CA and Sydney, Australia for retirement. He lived in Sydney when he worked on the Olympics and fell in love with the place.)

[sea-weed.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a fun guy, you must miss him at times. Thanks for explaining, I really had to sit and think for a minute. >:-)

[geordie.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering if, now that I am in the company that made my phone, I can find an email address for the asshole responsible for the UI so that I can send him/her a nastygram about the buttons on the side.

[susandennis]

Those freakin' side buttons make me crazy and I have a Samsung!

[artisanal_xara]

I hate side buttons on phones. When the thing is closed and in my pocket I should not accidentally change to vibrate every time I buckle my seat belt! (and no, Susan, this is not a good reason to skip the belt!)

[susandennis]

How is it you can make me cackle out loud every time with your cracks???

[artisanal_xara]

Glad to be of service, My Dear.

[treebreeze.livejournal.com]

That diving will be pretty spectacular! and chilly, me thinks.